File photo by Rob Rowe
Cam Ward will have to stay focused on the road.
Carolina will be without top defender Joni Pitkanen for at least the Flyers contest. Listed as day-to-day after he took a slapshot off the inside of his knee against the Devils on Tuesday, Pitkanen will be replaced by Brett Carson, who was called up from the Charlotte Checkers on Wednesday. Carson's skated seven games for the Canes this year, and is Charlotte's leading plus-minus player.
Zach Boychuk, however, will be in the lineup. Boychuk took a brutal elbow to the head from Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov and missed some shifts Tuesday, but returned to that game. Volchenkov has been suspended three games for the dirty hit.
Jussi Jokinen remains out of the lineup and is targeting next week for a return.